Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury claims silver in World Cup moguls in Italy
Deux-Montagnes, Que., native remains at 98 career wins on World Cup circuit
Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikaël Kingsbury won silver at a World Cup moguls event Tuesday in Livigno, Italy.
Kingsbury scored 82.90 points on the same course that will be used at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics to finish behind Japan's Ikuma Horishima, who had 85.37.
Charlie Mickel of the United States took bronze (80.14).
The 32-year-old Kingsbury from Deux-Montagnes, Que., remains at 98 career wins on the World Cup stage.
He'll have an opportunity to claim his 99th in a World Cup season-ending dual moguls competition on Wednesday, but his 100th win will have to wait until next season.
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Despite finishing second on Tuesday, Kingsbury won the men's moguls season title with 755 points, well ahead of Horishima (598) and Nick Page of the U.S. (344).
The Canadian now has 12 medals (eight golds, four silvers) across 15 World Cup events this season.
On the women's side, Saskatoon's Maia Schwinghammer finished fourth with 73.81 points, behind bronze medallist Tess Johnson of the United States (74.94). American Jaelin Kauf won gold (81.21) and Perrine Laffont of France took silver (77.07).
Watch live coverage of the dual moguls event on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. A live streaming schedule is available here.
With files from CBC Sports
